Real Madrid have released a statement this evening denying reports that they have made a bid for Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar.

The Spanish club say they have no plans on making an offer for the Brazilian this summer.

The statement reads: "The relationship between the two clubs is extraordinary so that if at some point Real Madrid were considering signing a PSG player, the first thing the club would do would be to make an official approach."

@Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:That's a very political statement from Madrid tbh, more like PSG told them where to stick it.

Don't believe for a second they didn't have any intention to make a offer.

There's nothing political about it. They never went for him and nor did they intend to, and they refuse to let some second-rate newspapers make money off them by shoving fabricated, baseless stories down people's throats.

I applaud them for not letting those snakes ride a false story all summer.

Florentino is going to waste his time chasing Neymar, will miss out on Hazard and then will try to sell us that Bale is the new leader and Asensio is the future. Queue in a late bid for some poverty CF handpicked by Lopetegui.

In 6 months, Bale will be injured, we will be 15 points behind barca, Lopetegui will get the blame and will get sacked. In a year time the socios will call general elections and will kick Perez out for losing CR, Zidane in the same summer and for thinking that Bale can lead our club when he can barely speak Spanish.

@Mr Nick09 wrote:Florentino is going to waste his time chasing Neymar, will miss out on Hazard and then will try to sell us that Bale is the new leader and Asensio is the future. Queue in a late bid for some poverty CF handpicked by Lopetegui.

In 6 months, Bale will be injured, we will be 15 points behind barca, Lopetegui will get the blame and will get sacked. In a year time the socios will call general elections and will kick Perez out for losing CR, Zidane in the same summer and for thinking that Bale can lead our club when he can barely speak Spanish.

Our next 12 months

I know there's a humorous undertone to your post, but all the signs are pointing exactly to that direction.

Florentino could very well lose his presidency as soon as next year with the way he has been handling the reins lately. He let go of his best player without even thinking about the consequences of such a grave mistake. He hasn't made important signings to strengthen the squad for 3 years now. He's not planning on buying an adequate replacement for Ronaldo and he keeps on selling our great bench players who have made Madrid such a balanced and deep squad.

The next month and half will play a major role in his fate. If he brings world class players and keep the bench strong, he'll survive. If he doesn't, and keeps on flooding the team with unproven, green players who are in no way ready yet for Madrid (Vinicius, Rodrygo, ...) , his head will roll before 2020.

Sky Sport have reported this evening that Roma could “settle” for a final figure of €70 million for Alisson and lowering their initial €80 million asking price.

Reportedly, the Giallorossi would be willing to accept €60 million plus €10 million in bonuses or €65 million plus €5 million in bonuses for the Brazilian shot stopper. In that case, the club would have the cash to buy PSG’s Alphonse Areola.

According to Javier Hernandez Bonnet, the Colombian journalist who first broke the story of James to Bayern, Jorge Mendes is currently in Germany trying to negotiate with Bayern bosses to release James from his loan and cancel the buy option.